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| The United States of America warns of new malware from North Korea |
US electronics leaders, the Department of Homeland Security, and the FBI have announced new attacks against North Korea, and the authorities have issued security guidelines that list six new harmful families currently being used by North Korean pirates.
These guidelines are designed to provide companies with detailed information on malware analysis obtained through manual reverse engineering. It is deployed so that network administrators can identify and reduce the risks of network activity.
According to the official Twitter account of CNMF (a unit of the U.S. Electronic Command), malware has been propagated through North Korean phishing campaigns.
The United States Department of Electronics believes that malware was used to give North Korean hackers remote access to the affected system to steal money that was then transferred to North Korea, and avoided economic sanctions.
The North Korean government has a long history of piracy. Hackers are often used to steal money from banks and cryptocurrency platforms, to avoid economic sanctions, to collect donations for nuclear weapons and missile programs. The US Treasury imposed sanctions on the Pyongyang regime in September 2019.
In addition to the Twitter alerts issued by the U.S. Cyber Command, the Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security (CISA) has released detailed reports on its website that include an in-depth analysis of six new malware samples from the US authorities. ,
The U.S. Electronic Command has uploaded malware samples to VirusTotal and claims that malware is currently being used by e-government agencies in North Korea for phishing and remote access for illegal activities, stealing money and avoiding sanctions.
Reports have shown that this new malware has been used by the North Korean government-sponsored Hidden Cobra, and that many security researchers have used the names of other groups, including Lazarus and Zinc.
Newly discovered malware includes:
- Bistromath.
- Slickshoes.
- Hotcroissant.
- Artfulpie.
- Buttetline.
- Crowdedflounder.